MSU (The Maharaja Sayajirao University)’s song (anthem) was composed by renowned Prof. Chandravadan Mehta and was approved by Smt. Hansa Mehta, who was the then Vice Chancellor of University . Traditionally written in the “Devanagiri” script the song is composed in the Gujarati language. अमे वड़ोदराना विध्यापीठना सपना सारवनारा अमे ज्योत जलावी सृष्टि नवली सहसा सर्जनहारा । अमे गगनकुसुम कर धरनारा अमे मगन…
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Inspired from Oriental Research Institute of Mysore established by Maharaja Chamraja Wodeyar of Mysore, the Oriental Institute of Baroda (aka : Prachya Vidhya Mandir) was conceived in 1893. It was finally established by Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III on 1st September 1927, and then it was affiliated with The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda in 1949. The institute has changed several houses…
Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya is a Heritage Building, located inside the Campus of Maharaja Sayajirao University (MSU). It was established by Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad I in Year 1833, as a Bungalow, for Stay of British Officers. After many Years, it then became Guest House for Professors of University. And later, it was then known as Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya. Baroda Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya was established…
Built in 1833, this building came to be known by 3 different names : Residency House (Bungalow), White House (Bungalow) and Sayaji Bhawan (Bhavan) over the years. Built as the Residency House for the Britishers the building was erected by Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad II. Initially known as the Residency House, the building later came to be known as the White…
Named after the first Vice-Chancellor of The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Shrimati Hansa Mehta, the library opened in 1949 and presently houses nearly half a million books, periodicals, DVDs, videos and the University Archives. Shrimati Hansa Mehta Library is the university library of MSU and was established on May 1, 1950. At the time of the establishment of the MSU,…
Situated on the higher ground, across the Sur-Sagar is the Faculty of Performing Arts, of The Maharaja Sayajirao University. Popularly known as the Music College, the building that it is housed in, was earlier the Anglo – Vernacular School. Formerly a school for primary education, the building later came to house the Music College from the year 1886. Anglo-Vernacular School :…
Prof. C.C. Mehta (Professor Chandravadan Mehta) Auditorium is an auditorium situated in the campus of the Maharaja Sayajirao University(MSU). It has a seating capacity of 600 people. The C C Mehta Auditorium is effectively used by MSU and other institutions. Prof C.C. Mehta: He was associated with the performing arts departments of the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda and the Gujarat Vidyapith. He pioneered the theatre…
Established as the Baroda College of Science, and currently known as the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (MSU), the college was opened in 1881. The foundation stone of the college was laid by visionary ruler Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III on January 8, 1879. It became a university on 30th April 1949, after the independence of the country and was later…
The Faculty of Technology and Engineering – MSU actually started it’s journey from the Senapati Bhavan as the “Kala Bhavan Technical Institute” in the year 1890. It was only in the year 1949, that it was established as the Faculty of Technology and Engineering and assimilated in the Maharaja Sayajirao University. A palatial home for the Institute : After being…